Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
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Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Basalt with Desert Varnish
Mafic Igneous Rock with Ferromanganese Coating
Green Quartz (Prasiolite)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Ammolite
Ammolite (Biogenic Aragonite with trace elements; fossils of Placenticeras meeki and Placenticeras intercalare)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Chert (Flint with Iron Staining)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Emerald in Matrix
Beryl (Be3Al2Si6O18) with Chromium/Vanadium impurities
Amazonite
Microcline (K(AlSi3O8))
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with ferric iron impurities
Emerald in Matrix
Emerald (Beryllium Aluminum Silicate - Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Citrine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Botryoidal Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amazonite
Microcline (KAlSi3O8) with Pb impurities
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sunstone
Plagioclase Feldspar (Na,Ca)(Al,Si)4O8
Fire Opal (in Matrix)
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Turquoise in Matrix
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Sunstone
Oligoclase (Plagioclase Feldspar), (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8
Amethyst
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide with Iron impurities), SiO2
Amazonite
KAlSi3O8 (Potassium aluminum silicate - blue-green variety of Microcline)
Jasper
Silicon dioxide (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Amazonite
Potassium Aluminum Silicate (KAlSi3O8)
Prehnite
Prehnite (Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Prehnite
Prehnite, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Chert (specifically Tan/Yellow Chert)
Chert (Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Silica, SiO2)
Amber
Fossilized tree resin
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Fossil Shark Tooth (Sand Tiger Shark type)
Carcharias sp. (likely Odontaspis)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified wood (primarily Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Bivalve Fossil in Sedimentary Matrix
Fossiliferous Mudstone (Class: Bivalvia)
Ironstone Concretion / Limonite Node
Goethite and Limonite (FeO(OH) nH2O)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily Chalcedony or Quartz, SiO2)
Fossilized Coral
Cnidaria (Anthozoa), often replaced by Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) or Silica (SiO2)
Blue Apatite
Fluorapatite (Ca5(PO4)3F)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Howlite
Calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
Chert (Brecciated Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO₂ / Silicon Dioxide)
Glauconitic Sandstone
Glauconitic Sandstone (contains (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2)